31/01/2018 Newsround


31/01/2018

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Hi, I'm Martin and this

is your Newsround.

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First, people around the world

are getting ready to witness

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a lunar extravaganza tonight.

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It's called a super blue blood

moon, but what is it?

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Here's BBC Weather Presenter

Simon King to explain.

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Now, apart from it being a mouthful

to say, what does it actually mean?

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Well, let's start off

with the super part.

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Now, the moon orbits

the Earth in an ellipse,

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so that means there are occasions

when the moon is closer to Earth

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than others,

and we call that the perigee.

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Now, this is going to be one

of the closest points the moon

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is going to take to Earth,

so that means it is going to appear

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just that little bit bigger

and brighter than usual.

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The blue part of it comes

from the fact that every month

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we normally have a full moon,

but sometimes we get two

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full moons in a month,

and that is known as a blue moon.

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It won't appear blue.

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The third aspect is the blood moon.

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Because on Wednesday night,

there is going to be a total lunar

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eclipse and that might make the moon

turn a little bit red.

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But it's not going to be

above the UK, that's actually

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going to occur on

the other side of the world.

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We will still get to see

a full super blue moon,

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and the best of the clear skies

initially will be down towards

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the south-east of England

on Wednesday evening and night.

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But then further north

and west there will be some

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wintry showers moving in.

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There will still some clear spells

in between that cloud,

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to get a good glimpse of the moon.

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Bye-bye.

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Next, the big question of the moment

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- how can we cut the amount

of plastic we use and throw away?

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More than 8 million tonnes of it

ends up in the world's

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oceans each year.

That's a truckload every minute!

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So, what's the problem with plastic?

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These are trash islands

in the Caribbean.

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It looks like a stretch

of land but it's floating

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rubbish like plastic bags,

spoons and bottles.

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They are created by

currents in the ocean.

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Sadly, this is not the only place

in the world where plastic

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pollution is a problem.

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Plastic is all around

the planet on every shoreline,

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it's even down to the deep ocean,

places we have never visited.

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We go there for the first time

and our rubbish has beaten us there.

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Back in the day, milk and fizzy

drinks used to be bought in glass

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bottles and food would be

wrapped in paper.

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Now, plastic is in lots

of things we use every day,

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and it IS really useful.

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300 million tonnes are produced each

year, but 40% of that is for stuff

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we will only use once

before it's thrown away,

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like straws, crisp packets,

bottles and carrier bags.

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How does plastic end

up in the ocean?

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Some of it is blown in,

lots of it comes from rivers,

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some can come a long way.

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some escapes from ships at sea,

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Some is left by tourists on beaches.

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Some enters by the toilet.

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There's a whole range of ways that

litter can get there,

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the problem is once it's there,

that is where it will stay.

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Scientists are warning that

within the next 30 years the amount

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of plastic in our oceans

could outweigh the fish.

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Each year, 100,000 animals

in the sea are killed by plastic.

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It can hurt or trap

them, and they can also

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mistake it for food.

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One in three sea turtles and almost

90% of sea birds have eaten it.

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When the fish leaves the ocean

and it ends up on our dinner table,

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are we eating plastic as well?

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We recently looked at fish collected

locally, of 500 fish we found

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a third had small quantities

of plastic in their gut.

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It's not a cause for concern

for eating those fish,

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the quantities are quite small,

unless we do something about it

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the quantities in fish

and birds will increase.

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There are lots of groups trying

to help tackle plastic pollution

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and the government is promising

to do more.

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But there are ways we can

all help right now.

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Here are Richard's top tips.

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Make sure you always

throw your rubbish in the bin.

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If you don't need

something, don't use it.

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And of course, recycle

whenever you can.

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If you want to know more about

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how plastic affects our planet, head

to web where we've got a full guide.

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While you're there,

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if you think black cats are

the best, we want to hear from you.

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Get online.

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Finally, this guy's

got his hat and gloves on

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to play a very cold concert.

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Yep, that cello has

been carved from ice!

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A famous musican has been playing

the chilly cello in Italy.

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He's in a special bubble that's kept

really cold

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to stop the icy

instrument from melting.

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It's all part of an art project,

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and the sculptor says that

once the concerts are over,

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the cello will be thrown

into the sea to melt.

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Newsround is back in the morning.

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Bye.

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